Lima High School - Ska Hase Ga Oan Yearbook (Lima, NY)

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Louise, and Louise were important secretaries at Lake Success, and each was extremely glad she had paid so much attention in her Social Studies classes. Mary had been a secretary in a law firm on Wall Street but was quitting her Job to marry someone she called Mort. I didn't catch his last name. I went to my room as quickly as possible for I was anxious to get a good night'a sleep. My troupe was hitting the road again for Seattle the next day. Then I realized that I had seen all eighteen fellow classmates on that trip. CM MFL le, the Class of 1950 of the School of Lima in the County of Livingston and the State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be Our Last Will and Testament in manner following That is to say. Louise Perry, will m 'halo' to Rosemary Simmons Betty Judd, will m seat in the Senior homeroom to Gene Beckwith Celia Hendrickson, will my Wpetiten waistline to Irene Rogers. Donald Conner, will my love for sports to Robert Kass Lulu Jans, will my giggle to Robert Stevens Dohna Acor, will my long hair to Willoway Crandall Mary Louise Semmel, will my ability to play the saxaphone to David Conner Pauline Payne, will anything but my favorite song, ND1x1eW I, Donald Yopp, will my right to stay out all night and catch up on my sleep in Social Studies class to Robert Brisbane I, Mary Elizabeth Meyers, will my careful, considerate, and skillful driving to Roy Nowack Lucille Harvey, will a new and better television set Cfrom Wlngate's in Livoniaj to Ronald Gerhardt Alice Andrews, will my latest seller NHow to Have a Good Timen to Roy Yorks Betty Se mel, w1ll my dancing feet to Maurlce Andrews Janice Wright, will my quietness to Barbara Copp Robert Strasburg, w1ll my second period study hall accomplishments to Doug Brisbane Ruth Barber, will my flirty eyes to Marie Beare Mary Shanks, will my exceptional abil1ty to win people and influence friends to any lonely individual Frances Petrillo, will my title WMiss Chatterboxn to Barbara Klossner Mrs lhitbourne, our advisor, we leave a homeroom with as prompt, quiet and orderly students as she had this year To Mr Maloy, our principal, we leave another model class to take the place of the 1950 Seniors To Lima High School we leave the pleasant memories of an outstanding Senior Class ary Shanks Signed and Sealed, Witnesses Frances Petrillo Class of WSOU 12 I, . I, . I, I, . I, . I, . I, . I, u , ' . I, . I, . I, ' ' . I, ' . . I, ' . I, Alice Adams, will my nickname, URedf to Ivodine Hendrickson. I, . . I, ' I, . To . M ................ JI- X' fii 5 Nb

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I have just finished my autobiography and before I send the manuscript to the publisher, I would like to read you one of its chapters This is Chapter 16 Touring the country in m Musical Review of l960, my band and the rest of the troupe entered the vici nity of Los Angeles, where the World's Fair was taking place After some trouble at finding quarters for my large troupe, I finally discovered a fashionable hotel wh1ch a convention had just left The management afforded us two whole floors for our use After leav1ng my performers who were still recover1ng from a hang over in Chicago, I went down to the lobby for the even1ng paper As I passed the Manager's door, I idly glanced at the letter1ng and then stopped dead in my tracks There in S inch gilt edged letters was the name P Ivy Payne, Manager Out of the door stepped a fashionably dressed young lady, none other than P Payne, the girl I knew in high school as WPip' After I had recovered my composure, I managed to blurt, 'What are you doing heref' She expla1ned that after graduat1ng from the Alfred Business School, she had come west where she secured a job as secretary to Cecil B DeMille It was through him she had met and married Roddy McDowell, movie actor To f1ll her spare time, she decided to take over the management of this hotel Hastening on to the dining room, whom should I find as cateress but Celia Hendricksonf When she offered the best meal free of charge, of course, I willingly accepted Soon after Celia left me, the floor show began CI gathered from the other diners that the star of the show had not yet appeared J Suddenly the room went black, the band, much inferior to mine I must adm1t, gave a fanfare, and the spot light focused on a charming, blonde, young lady, whose name appeared 1n the program as Mademolselle Aimee Pernon It suddenly dawned on me that this dancer was none other than Al1ce Andrews, one of my former h1gh school fr1ends By that time Celia had returned w1th a waiter and Alice, having recogn1zed me from the stage, came to talk with me as I ate As I conversed w1th Alice, I remarked upon the very beautiful furn1sh1ngs of the d1n1ng room She told me that Pauline had been able to engage the able assistance of another old classmate, Betty Semmel, now renowned throughout Amer1ca and Europe for her original interior decorating Betty was staylng at one of her numerous houses in Beverly H1lls, and I determined to ViS1t her as soon as I could Before retir1ng for the night, I invited my three charming classmates to visit the Wor1d's Fair w1th me the next day As we strolled along the midway, Pauline voiced her sympathy for a young couple and their many children mak1ng their way toward us As they drew nearer I recognized Lulu Jans and her husband, Delphus, vainly trying to keep their brood in order In the middle of a joyous reunion a little boy ran to Lulu, cry1ng to my surprlse I found Alice Adams, nurs1ng the wounds of fair goers I saw Jim's picture on the desk and she explained that they had been married three years before when she had graduated from Strong Memorial Hospital We were finally on our way again and stopped at several booths along the way We paused at the televi sion booth to look at the new television sets now equ1pped w1th technlcolor Toward us, two young lad1es came whom I recognized as Frances Petrlllo and Lucille Harvey, now Mrs Harvey Wingate Fran had quit her teach1ng job and had come west to marry Commodore Merrltt She knew Lucille was at the fair and had stopped to see her It was Harvey Wingate, by the way, who had dlscovered how to equ1p the sets with technicolor While I stood reminlscing with Lucille and Fran, the rest of my party wandered on to the clothing booth When I joined them, I recogn1zed Dohna Acor, managing an exhibit for Macy's, of which she was t e head buyer The girl sho had been sitting behind a desk then stepped forward, and I recognized Betty Judd, now Mrs Gene Beckwlth, flnancial adv1ser for the same department store Before starting back to the hotel we stopped at the Conservation booth, where we found Bob Strasburg, now head of the Forestry Bureau of Conservation It was then the whole party made a date to go to the Mocambo that evening, and I contacted Betty Semmel at her home After we reached the night club and were finally seated, I glanced around, only to discover none other than Ruth Barber, now famous for her psychology course at U C L A She introduced her escort, head football coach at U C L A I promptly tried to Nsqueeze' a couple of free tickets to the next Rose Bowl game from him Just as I was beginnlng to get some results, the band began playing a popular hit tune of the day Realizing that they were very 1nferior to my own, I did not pay too much attention However, when the drummer did a solo, I glanced around and there was Don Yopp, who was featured with his own band at some of the more famous night spots At the end of h1s solo, he came over and joined the party After a few hours of gaiety and laughter, we disbursed to our various quarters As we entered the lobby of the hotel, we found a convention of secretaries registering Among these we singled out Mary Meyers, Janice 'T1ght, Mary Semmel, Lary Shanks, and Louise Perry of our Senior Class Mary Elizabeth, now secretary to Henry Kaiser was going to marry John D Rockefeller III next month Janice, Mary 11 . . . Ivy that he had hurt himself. I gallantly offered to take the child to a Red Cross tent across the way. There - , , . ' h . . . . . x . 1. ' 5 . . . 1 - , , Q - v

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Mrs Sam Butler, On the evening of November b, l9h9, the Seniors presented WMiss Chatterbox' under the direction of their class advisor, Mrs Whitbourne This three act comedy had as its cast the following people Judy Conway, Miss Chatterbox Warner Conway, Judy's uncle Thyra Conway, Warner's wife Bonita Conway, Their older daughter Holly Conway, Her lb year old slster Next-door neighbor Graham Oakley, Bonita's flance Earl Lowder, A newspaper reporter Madame Aimee Pernon, A visitor straight from France Gwen Darl1ng, Qtunning young Qociali+e Vlla Engel Frances Petrlllo Donald Conner Lucille Harvey Mary Shanks Lulu Jans Robert Strasburg Donald Yopp Alice Andrews Betty Semmel Alice Adams The play was bu1lt around the life of the Conway family and the sudden lnvasion upon this happy homelife by harner Conwa3's niece who descends upon them from her little country town Her incessant talking and p60p16'S l1ves and altering their relationships The whole productlon was financially successful and typlcal of the good work of the class 1 y T24 Ayc. V 1- 'Ig li E Kf5TQX lv , ,,. A f ai A ' 4 i. .XXV it . i A A A H ' 1 'L ' I 1 - ------ -: - ----- s:f::ee ess-fee sefsefe:-211111 Ruth Barber constant interference gives the play its nano and also most of its excitement. She is constantly changing